造馬

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	horse; surname
trad. (造馬)		造	馬
simp. (造马)		造	马

Etymology

Short for 製造馬王／制造马王 (“to create the champion of a horse race”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zàomǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ maa⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàomǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàomǎ
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-ma³
    • Yale: dzàu-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawmaa
    • Palladius: цзаома (czaoma)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ maa⁵
    • Yale: jouh máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² maː¹³/

Verb

造馬

1. (Cantonese) to rig a horse race; to fix a horse race
2. (Cantonese, by extension) to rig a contest; to fix a match

Synonyms

• (of ball games): 打假球 (dǎjiǎqiú), (Cantonese) 打假波